Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 38

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

First Families

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 403		Coolidge, Grace. Photograph Inscribed and Signed, "To Miss Alice Robertson, congresswoman / Aloha from your friend Grace Coolidge," 15½x10¾" (image is 9x7"), n.p., n.d. (c.1923). Excellent condition. A waist-length portrait of the First Lady by Hartsook. Alice Mary Robertson (1854-1931) was the 2nd woman in Congress (1921-31) and the first and only woman from Oklahoma in Congress; she served as postmaster of Mushogee, Oklahoma from 1905-13. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $357
Lot 404		Coolidge, Grace (1879-1957) First Lady. White House Card Signed, n.p., n.d. Elaborately matted with a color image of the First Lady in front of the White House with her dog, and a plaque with her birth and death dates, framed to an overall size of 20½ x 23½ in. Very Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 405		Roosevelt, Eleanor. Typed Letter Signed on personal letterhead, 1p, 8¼x6", New New, 19 Sept. 1951. Very fine; original envelope with stamped free frank. Informing an admirer, Mrs. Baxter, that she is "leaving for Paris to attend the General Assembly" and will resume her broadcasts as soon as her schedule permits.After President Roosevelt's death, she became a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, specializing in humanitarian, social, and cultural issues. In 1948, she drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 406		Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962) First Lady (1933-45), U.N. delegate, human rights activist, and author. Signature in pencil on a 3x5" card, n.p., n.d. Fine. Estimated Value $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 407		Truman, Margaret (1924 -) Daughter of President Harry S Truman and Bess Truman; author and singer. White House Card Signed in black ink, 2½x4", n.p., n.d. Very fine. When Washington Post music critic Paul Hume criticized Margaret's singing in 1950, the enraged President and proud father wrote Hume, "…I never met you, but if I do you'll need a new nose and a supporter below." Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 408		Wilson, Ellen Axson (1860-1914) First wife of President Woodrow Wilson. Extremely rare White House Card Signed ("Ellen A Wilson"), 2¾" x 4 1/8"n.p., n.d. Very fine; lightly toned. Born in Savannah, Georgia, Ellen Louise Axson was the daughter and granddaughter of Presbyterian ministers. She was a lady of refinement, enjoying art, music, and literature. In April 1883 she met the future President, and they married June 24, 1885, after Wilson finished postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins University and Ellen nursed her ailing father. As wife of the Governor of New Jersey and then First Lady of the U.S., she conducted herself with dignity and grace, although she did not particularly relish being in the spotlight. She painted and drew in a studio on the third floor of the White House and arranged White House weddings for two of the Wilsons' daughters. She also devoted a great deal of her time to charity, especially trying to ameliorate slum conditions in Washington, D.C. When Ellen died of Bright's disease on August 6, 1914, President Wilson was devastated and confided to a White House aide that he hoped to be assassinated. Any autograph material of Ellen Wilson is extremely rare. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold